Events on keeping AI agents safe, secure, and accountable: security, governance, trust, and policy. Each is checked against its official page.
For students: we check each organizer's pages for a student price, a free or discounted pass, volunteer places, or a travel grant, and say under each event what we found and when, with a link to the organizer's page (19 of these 33 offer something). Prices and deadlines change: always confirm with the organizer.
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Summit · Amsterdam · Leadership and business, Governance and security
A two-day meeting for business, data and risk leaders on how to design, govern and grow AI agents across a company, including how to comply with the EU AI Act and how to measure the return.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Trustworthy Agentic Systems (TAS 2026), AAAI 2026 Fall Symposium Series
Workshop · Arlington, Virginia, United States · Governance and security, Research
An in-person research symposium on making AI agents reliable, safe, and accountable, run as working groups that produce shared tools such as evaluation methods and a research roadmap, with registration listed by AAAI from $225 for student members to $660 for late nonmembers.
Students: AAAI Fall Symposium student registration: $325.00 for student members, $435.00 for nonmember students (after October 2, 2026). As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
ICAIF '26: 7th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance
Conference · Milan, Italy · Research, Governance and security
An academic and industry conference on AI in finance, held at Bocconi University, with AI agents and multi-agent systems as one of its nine research areas.
Students: Student rates from October 26 to November 13, 2026: Main Conference €350, Passport €420 (excl. VAT); proof of student status required. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Workshop · New York, United States · Research, Governance and security
A free one-day symposium, run by the nonprofit EvalScience, for researchers and practitioners on how AI agents should be tested and measured; the host must approve each registration.
Students: Free for everyone; the host must approve each registration. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
apidays Paris 2026: Building Trusted, Independent, and Resilient AI Ecosystems with APIs
Conference · Paris, France · Building agents, Governance and security
A three-day conference at CNIT Forest on building agentic AI that companies can trust and govern, including agents that run on local infrastructure, keep data in the region, and keep working if outside services fail.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Conference · Sydney, Australia · Building agents, Governance and security
The Australian edition of the AI Engineer series covers building agents that work reliably in real use, testing and trusting how they behave, and how coding agents change teams; the conference runs December 7–8 and a hands-on workshop day follows on December 9.
Students: No student ticket, but the 4–5 December hackathon is free, with limited places. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Summit · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Building agents, Governance and security
A program at GITEX Global for people who build, buy, and regulate AI agents in companies and government, covering how to coordinate many agents and keep them secure.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
The Third Workshop on Agents in the Wild: Safety, Security, and Beyond (at NeurIPS 2026)
Workshop · Sydney, Australia · Governance and security, Research
Researchers and practitioners discuss how to make AI agents work reliably and how to manage their safety and security risks once they act in the real world.
Students: NeurIPS has a student rate for full-time students, but the amount isn't shown. Financial assistance and volunteer applications closed 6 Oct. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Who Verifies the Agents? Toward Reliable Agent Development (at NeurIPS 2026)
Workshop · Sydney, Australia · Governance and security, Research
A workshop on how to check whether a change to an AI agent actually made it better, which the organizers call the bottleneck between fragile prototypes and reliable agent systems.
Students: NeurIPS 2026 has a full-time student registration rate, but the page doesn't show the amount. Aid and volunteer applications closed in October. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Forum · Toronto, Canada · Leadership and business, Governance and security
A one-day forum for executives on moving AI agents from pilot projects into everyday use, with a panel on building a governance framework that boards, legal teams, and regulators will approve.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
DPOday 2027: Governança de Dados na Era dos Agentes de IA
Conference · São Paulo, Brazil · Governance and security, Finance
A one-day conference in Portuguese, held at Cubo Itaú, on data governance and privacy as AI agents spread, including a session on the privacy risks of autonomous AI agents and speakers from Itaú Unibanco and Santander.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Cybersecurity, AI Governance & Digital Risk 2027 (American Conference Institute)
Conference · Washington, DC, United States · Governance and security
A conference for legal, compliance, privacy, and security leaders on governing AI and cyber risk at a time when, as the organizer puts it, AI agents can now take action across company systems.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Workshop · Helsinki, Finland · Research, Governance and security
A one-day research workshop on agent-based legal reasoning workflows, how several agents coordinate, and how people can steer and step into AI-assisted legal work.
Students: Held at IUI 2027: student registration €410 for ACM/SIG student members and €460 for non-members (early, by Jan. 9). As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Who Does Your AI Agent Work For? A Workshop on Loyal Agents (at AAAI-27)
Workshop · Montréal · Research, Governance and security
A one-day, in-person workshop by researchers from Stanford, Harvard, and MIT on how to build and govern AI agents that stay loyal to the people they act for; its page says AAAI will choose either February 22 or 23, which has not been announced yet.
Students: AAAI-27 workshop student registration $240 early (to Dec 15, 2026), $290 standard (to Jan 10, 2027), $340 late. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Trust4RSI-Agent: Trustworthy Evolution of AI Agents, An Agent Operating System Perspective (at AAAI-27)
Workshop · Montréal, Canada · Governance and security, Research
A one-day workshop, with its exact day still to be announced, on keeping AI agents trustworthy as their memory, tools, and models change over time, including how to audit them.
Students: Student authors of accepted papers can apply for a grant that pays back the workshop student registration fee after the event; deadline TBD. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
IntelliSym2027: Intelligence Symbiosis, Emergent Ethics and Infrastructure for Human–AI Co-existence (at AAAI-27)
Workshop · Montréal, Canada · Governance and security, Research
A one-day workshop, on February 22 or 23 (AAAI has not yet assigned the day), on agent identity, provenance, and accountability across chains of delegation, along with stopping agents and reporting incidents.
Students: AAAI-27 workshop student registration $240 early (to Dec 15, 2026), $290 standard (to Jan 10, 2027), $340 late. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
FinFM: Foundation Models and Generative AI for Finance (at AAAI-27)
Workshop · Montréal, Canada · Governance and security, Research
A one-day workshop, on February 22 or 23 (day not yet set), on AI agents for financial research, trading, compliance, and advice, and on using them safely in regulated institutions.
Students: AAAI-27 workshop student registration $240 early (to Dec 15, 2026), $290 standard (to Jan 10, 2027), $340 late. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Conference · Berlin · Leadership and business, Governance and security
A two-day enterprise meeting on growing from single AI agents to systems a company can control, including governance under the EU AI Act and how to show a return.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Summit · Edinburgh · Leadership and business, Governance and security
Held at the University of Edinburgh under the theme "Beyond Chatbots. Building the Agentic Enterprise," it covers agentic AI, EU AI governance, and changes in contact centres.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Summit · Washington, D.C. · Governance and security
The IAPP's yearly meeting on privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity law, with workshops on March 21–22 and training on March 23–24; no sessions are announced yet, so it is not known whether AI agents will be covered.
Students: IAPP offers conference scholarships to full-time students, but no student rate for the 2027 Global Summit is posted yet. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Summit · Montréal, Canada · Leadership and business, Governance and security
A summit for policymakers and business leaders at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, with announced themes that include adopting and scaling agentic AI, managing its risks, and AI security in an agentic world.
Students: No student rate is listed. Some reduced-price passes are kept for academics and others, with prices given only on request. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Conference · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Leadership and business, Governance and security
An in-person conference and exhibition at the Millennium Plaza Downtown Hotel, with AI agents and AI governance among its main themes; the 2027 agenda isn't out yet, and early-bird tickets started at $95, $290, and $595 plus VAT through October 26, 2026.
Students: No student entry: the organizer says there is no general public or student admission. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Conference · London, United Kingdom · Building agents, Governance and security
A conference at the QEII Centre for senior engineers and technical leaders, with sessions on testing agentic AI systems, adding safety checks, and protecting systems from mistakes by both people and autonomous agents.
Students: Students 18 and over can volunteer for free entry to select sessions. Applications opened November 1, 2026, and volunteers pay their own travel. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
GENAIX 2027: Global Generative & Agentic AI Summit
Summit · Singapore · Leadership and business, Governance and security
A two-day summit at Singapore Expo on how organizations adopt generative AI and AI agents, covering governance, teams of agents working together, and a showcase for startups.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Summit · Singapore, Singapore, and online · Building agents, Governance and security
This is the summit's first edition in Asia, with an in-person day in Singapore on April 16 and a remote day on April 20, for people building and running coding agents, with sessions on coordinating agents, agent security, and testing.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Summit · Stockholm · Leadership and business, Governance and security
A three-day summit where one track covers redesigning work around AI agents and another covers agent governance, autonomy, and human oversight.
Students: Volunteers get an All Access pass (value 599 EUR); only Sweden residents accepted, sign up by 13 April 2027. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
USENIX Conference on Secure Agentic-AI Systems (SAIS '27)
Conference · Santa Clara, California · Governance and security
A conference on how to design, check, and deploy AI agents that are secure and protect privacy in real-world systems.
Students: USENIX offers discounted student registration and student grants, but SAIS '27 has not posted the student rate or grant details yet. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
Summit · London, United Kingdom · Finance, Governance and security
A one-day summit for capital markets firms on moving from AI pilots to firm-wide use of AI agents, including risk controls, audit trails and ways to shut agents off.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Conference · Las Vegas, United States · Governance and security
A large conference on digital identity and access security; its site lists a workshop and summit on identity for AI agents and other non-human accounts.
BFSI IT Summit Australia 2027: Co-Creating the Future of Finance
Summit · Sydney, Australia · Finance, Governance and security
An invitation-only, one-day meeting of technology leaders from Australian banks, super funds, and insurers, with sessions on governing autonomous decisions, agentic risk, and identity for AI agents.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. + AI Governance Global 2027
Conference · Vancouver, Canada · Governance and security, Work and HR
The IAPP's combined North American meeting on privacy, security, risk, and AI governance; the 2026 edition included a session on guardrails for AI agents used in HR.
Students: Full-time students paid an academic rate of USD595 in 2026, by request to IAPP; the 2027 Vancouver rate is not posted yet. As of Nov 1, 2026; confirm on the organizer's page.
World Health AI London 2027: AI in Clinical Practice
Summit · London, United Kingdom · Healthcare, Governance and security
A one-day summit for clinical leaders and health system executives, with a session on AI agents in health and care that asks what an agent should be allowed to do.
Students: no student offer found on the organizer's pages (checked Nov 1, 2026).
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